Md Jahidul Islam

Md Jahidul Islam is a Staff Correspondent at The Business Standard who has nine years of experience and specializes in city corporation, utility service and environment. He can be reached at jahid.cou.edu@gmail.com

A barrier blocks a U-turn from Dhanmondi towards Lalmatia as part of a DMP initiative to redesign intersections and ease traffic congestion in Dhaka. Photo: Rajib Dhar/TBS
Bangladesh

How simple diversions ease Dhaka city’s gridlock where mega projects fail

Representational image. Photo: Collected
Bangladesh

Incessant rain hampers winter veggie planting, but blesses Aman

An aerial view of Dhaka. Photo: Syed Zakir Hossain/TBS
Bangladesh

Dhaka struggles to house climate migrants and growing population

A five-kilometre stretch from Aminbazar to Boliarpur bus stand, piles of garbage have appeared at more than ten spots, some spilling onto the road itself. Photo: TBS
Bangladesh

Dhaka-Aricha highway turns into waste dumping zone amid blame game between authorities

Aziz Super Market. File Photo/TBS
Bangladesh

Aziz Super Market closed amid committee formation conflict; traders left frustrated

Despite its status as a high-profile city artery, Hatirjheel's 8km circular road is riddled with potholes and non-functional streetlights, as shown by this struggling car and ambulance on Tuesday. The poor maintenance turns the road into a perilous, visibility-poor trap after dark and in the rain, demanding immediate repair. Photo: Md Jahidul Islam
Infrastructure

Potholes and darkness turn Hatirjheel road into an accident trap

Several pedestrians were seen drenched, with public transport struggling to operate on waterlogged roads. File Photo: Rajib Dhar/TBS
Bangladesh

Heavy rain through night leaves Dhaka waterlogged, commuters in distress

Staff buses of government agencies and organisations parked along the Karwanbazar–FDC Road on Sunday, a daily practice that sees nearly a hundred vehicles line both sides of the stretch, causing sufferings to commuters during busy hours. Photo: Syed Zakir Hossain
Transport

Govt staff buses turn Karwan Bazar–FDC road into illegal parking lot

Contractors continue work on the Dhaka Elevated Expressway at Panthakunja and Hatirjheel on Sunday, with a crane actively operating, in blatant violation of a High Court order to maintain a status quo. Photo: Syed Zakir Hossain
Environment

Contractor defies HC order on Hatirjheel-Panthakunja expressway work

Representational Photo: Rajib Dhar/TBS
Bangladesh

Over 100 illegal private markets in Dhaka South costing crores in lost revenues

What's behind JaPa, Gono Odhikar clash
Politics

What's behind JaPa, Gono Odhikar clash

Photo: TBS
Bangladesh

No end to fatalities as overspeeding plagues Dhaka-Mawa-Bhanga Expressway

A pickup van got into an accident in Chattogram on 18 August 2025. Photo: Focus Bangla
Law & order

Road safety law stuck in drafting despite rising fatalities